Ridley Scott. Check. Harrison Ford. Check. Ryan Gosling. Check. Denis Villeneuve. Yup, check.
There’s already enough reasons to be excited for Blade Runner 2, the follow up to Scott’s 1982 sci-fi masterpiece that Warner Bros will release on January 12, 2018.
Here’s another: Robin Wright has joined in an undisclosed role.
Wright, who could be an android or a human character, is best remembered as the beauty in The Princess Bride. Now, she’s playing the powerful and gorgeous First Lady in Netflix’s blockbuster series “House of Cards,” overshadowing the dynamite acting prowess of Kevin Spacey.
Hampton Fancher (co-writer of the original) and Michael Green have written the original Blade Runner screenplay based on an idea by Fancher and Ridley Scott. The story takes place several decades after the conclusion of the 1982 original.
The previous release confirmed plans to produce prequels and sequels to the iconic science-fiction thriller.
Principal photography on Villenueve’s new Blade Runner film is scheduled to begin this July.
Released in 1982 by Warner Bros. Pictures, Blade Runner was adapted by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples from Philip K. Dick’s novel “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” and was directed by Ridley Scott, following his landmark film, Alien. The film was nominated for two Academy Awards (Best Visual Effects, and Best Art Direction) and is now regarded by media and cineastes as one of the greatest movies of all time and the defining vision of the cyberpunk genre.
In 1993, Blade Runner was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.” The film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry in 1993 and is frequently taught in university courses. In 2007, it was named the 2nd most visually influential film of all time by the Visual Effects Society.